Meet Rebecca Hansen - the US businesswoman who fell so much in love with Partick Thistle she sponsored the stadium.
so unique. And aren't often blessed with the greatest gift of all, as none other than Robert Burns described it - an ability to see ourselves as other see us.
Her business soon had its UK base. About a year in, this avid sports fan decided to take in games at both at Ibrox and Celtic Park, recognising the pull of both clubs when it came to promoting the Wyre name - but also a dawning realisation. “To be fair, the main reason I ended up doing that was Americans do not differentiate between Premiership and Championship and they don’t differentiate between the English version of football and the Scottish version. So, they hear that I’m sponsoring a stadium for a Championship team in Scotland, they don’t know that’s not Man City, other than they think if you sponsor a stadium you’re obviously a gigantic firm.
“I just love the sport, I’ve never been so on the edge of my seat than when watching a proper football game. “It was in the bag. I have never been more devastated by a sporting event than at the end of that match. I specifically did not come back to the UK this year until after the play-offs because I did not want to risk going through that again.Relationships are now being built with other clubs – Dumbarton, Falkirk, others in the Premiership. And, even though the scars may still not have healed, Ross County.
Perhaps there is little surprise that her Wyre business is involved in the green revolution given that from an early age she admits to being a passionate environmentalist.
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